襄阳四校联考2016-2017学年高二下学期英语期中试题及答案

2016—2017学年下学期高二期中考试

英语试题

时间：120（分钟）分值：150 分

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。

第Ⅰ卷

第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What does the woman decide to do?

A. Stay at home.

B. Go fishing.

C. Hang out with her friends.

2. What’s wrong with the man?

A. He is sad.

B. He is tired.

C. He got sand in his eye.

3. How does the man manage to dress so well all the time?

A. By watching TV.

B. By surfing the Internet.

C. By reading fashion magazines.

4. What will the boy do?

A. Read a book.

B. Do some cleaning.

C. Play the video game.

5. What does the man suggest they do?

A. Keep it a secret.

B. Report it to the board of directors.

C. Let the news reporter know it.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答6、7题。

6. What probably are the speakers going to do soon?

A. Sing some songs.

B. Do some exercise.

C. Watch a movie.

7. What do we know about the woman?

A. She always supports her words with actions.

B. She is unfit.

C. She doesn’t like the man.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.What probably is the woman’s job?

A. A waitress.

B. A hostess.

C. A teacher.

9. Why can the man get the coffee for free?

A. He knows the coffee shop owner well.

B. He owns the coffee shop.

C. His friend works here.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. When does the conversation happen?

A. In the morning.

B. At noon.

C. In the evening.

11. What does the man need a new suit for?

A. A business meeting.

B. A birthday party.

C. A wedding.

12. How much does the grey suit cost?

A. ￡500.

B. ￡1,500.

C.￡2,500.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What did the man do in his holiday?

A. He enjoyed the sunshine at the beach.

B. He stayed at home watching TV.

C. He worked out in the gym.

14. What’s the advantage of going back with the car?

A. It’s less stressful.

B. It’s easy to explore the coast.

C. It’s time saving.

15. Where did the woman live probably?

A. In Long Beach.

B. In London.

C. In Seattle.

16. How long did it take the woman to return?

A. 1.5 hours

B. 3 hours

C.5 hours.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What kind of routes should be chosen?

A. Routes with lots of tree cover.

B. Routes with lots of people.

C. Routes with lot of rivers nearby.

18. What’s the best time to hike in summer probably?

A. In the early morning.

B. Between 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

C. Around the sunset.

19. What kind of clothing should be avoided when hiking in summer?

A. Shorts.

B. Pants.

C. Jeans.

20. What is recommended besides water?

A. Milk.

B. Sports drink.

C. Fruit juice.

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项

A

Before you know it, the sound of sleigh(雪橇) bells will be heard on your rooftop. If you love the holidays but hate the cold, why not wear your coat and wool gloves this year and celebrate a warm Christmas?

Beaufort, South Carolina

Beaufort is a small town with a huge heart and is located in heart of the Lowcountry. It is close to Savannah and Charleston, and a short drive to the beaches of Hilton Head Island. Its location is great for visiting the larger cities and enjoying the sights and sounds of a small town. December temperatures average in the low 60s.

Orlando, Florida

Enjoy everything in Orlando without the huge crowds of summer. Theme parks have special attractions

this time of year, such as “Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas”, but be aware that some of the special attractions require a separate ticket. Orlando temperatures average around 72 degrees in December.

San Francisco, California

The City by the Bay comes alive in December as it transforms into a wonderland of lights. Stay near Union Square so you are close to all the activities and can easily get around via the historic cable cars. San Francisco’s December temperatures average in the high 50s.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Celebrate Christmas season in the Big Easy. The Oaks, visited by over 122,000 people last year, has one of the most beautiful Christmas exhibitions in the country. Many hotels in the area offer Papa Noel specials, making this a very affordable holiday destination. December temperatures average in the 60s.

21. You can easily travel through San Francisco by .

A. bike

B. taxi

C. cable car

D. bus

22. Spending the Christmas in New Orleans, you can .

A. enjoy a wonderland of lights

B. avoid the huge crowds

C. visit various theme parks

D. enjoy Papa Noel specials

23. What’s the purpose of writing this passage?

A. To describe different celebrations during the Christmas.

B. To introduce four places to spend a warm Christmas.

C. To introduce four places’ special Christmas traditions.

D. To attract readers to spend Christmas there.

B

Doing their best to clean up their reputation—vultures(秃鹫)equipped with cameras have become the main heroes of a creative social media campaign aimed at raising awareness about illegal rubbish dumps in Lima.

Besides its four official landfill sites(垃圾填埋场), the Peruvian capital has a lot of illegal dumps, where an estimated 20 percent of its trash ends up as an open-air environmental and health danger. “We have ten vultures equipped with a GPS. We also have a bigger group of vultures, just over 20, that are only equipped with a wing tag. In all, the project is designed to last two years,” explains vulture trainer Alfredo Correa. The vultures are the perfect bird to take on such a task. No preparation was needed: the birds

naturally fly together to the landfill sites to feed. They have been trained to fly back to their keepers after each outing. The video they recorded is then posted online.

A TV and radio campaign has been launched to promote the program, which shows the birds as heroes who are helping clean up the city. While the scavengers(食腐动物)are mostly terrified by Lima’s residents, it’s hoped that they might take a different view from now on. “Generally the majority of people have a negative view of the vulture, which is often associated with death and other negative things. People don’t realize that they play a very important role in nature, especially in Lima as they help control a small amount of the large quantity of rubbish we dump,”says Correa. Since the project was launched, other Peruvian cities have reportedly expressed interest in joining.

24. People use vultures equipped with cameras to .

A. record the life of vultures

B. help people get rid of trash

C. improve awareness about illegal dumps

D. find the GPS

25. What is the advantage of using vultures to take on the task?

A. They don’t need preparations.

B. They have no enemy in the open air.

C. They can find some illegal dumps quickly.

D. There are so many vultures in the wild.

26. Usually, people dislike the vultures, because .

A. vultures have something to do with accidents

B. vultures are linked with death

C. vultures are associated with hunger

D. vultures are the symbol of money

27. What can we infer from the last sentence of this passage?

A. No other city will use vultures.

B. There will be no illegal trash dump in Peru.

C. Vultures will be used in other cities of Peru.

D. Peruvian villages have no interest in using vultures.

C

Did you know that the Navy trained dolphins to find mines(地雷) which often blow up? Apparently, it was a cost effective method; now, the Navy are preparing to replace the dolphins with robots, not because they were doing a bad job or because they want to do a more human job, but because, guess what? Robots

are more cost effective.

Not particularly known for being humans, they’re also not planning to release or retire the dolphins, but they’re considering what other jobs they could be assigned to —probably some just as dangerous.

“Everyone is familiar with security patrol dogs. You may even know that because of their exceptionally keen sense of smell, dogs like beagles are also used to detect drugs and bombs, or land mines. But a dog would not be effective in finding a sea mine,” reads the Navy’s site. “But just as the dog’s keen sense of smell makes it ideal for detecting land nines, the U.S. Navy has found that the biological sonar(声呐) of dolphins, called echolocation, makes them uniquely effective at locating sea mines so they can be avoided or removed.”

The Navy will now equip underwater robots which will do the same job at a bigger distance, without needing constant rest and manned monitor. I, for one, hope the dolphins will be given a break and assigned to a safer task.

28. Why will robots take the place of dolphins to find mines?

A. Because dolphins do very bad jobs.

B. Because dolphins are endangered animals.

C. Because scientists want to be friendly to dolphins.

D. Because using robots is cheaper.

29. Dogs can be used to detect drugs due to .

A. e xcellent sense of smell

B. higher IQ compared with dolphins

C. echolocation

D. biological sonar

30. The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 3 refers to .

A. security patrol dogs

B. dolphins

C. sea mines

D. the US Navy

31.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Robots are going to take the place of dolphins to find mines.

B. Dolphins are good at finding mines.

C. Robots are welcome by humans because of their efficiency.

D. Compared to security patrol dogs, dolphins do well in finding sea mines.

D

When I entered high school, I was very slim and short. Though I had always been cute, my height was an issue. My parents were considering growth hormones(荷尔蒙).

That summer, I tolerated some of the worst pains I have ever felt, worse than any broken bone I had experienced. Yet I did not mind these constant pains, recognizing it as growing pains. Upon some research, I discovered that there is no medical term for growing pains, because there is no proof of a relation between growth and pain, and that these pains generally do not occur in children of over eleven or twelve. As a teenager of 15 at the time, I conclude that there is a very real relation between growth and pain, and that the only treatment doctors prescribed for this medical mystery is Aspirin, and that my body decided to be incredibly lazy for nearly 5 years.

Now my particular growth patterns could not keep my own mother interested. However, the ideas people have kept of me are in fact worth noticing. To the majority of my high-school colleagues I am still the little kid I was when I walked into the school on my first day; however, my perceptions of them vary little from their first day at school. I am still often made to sit in the middle seat of a car, while my shorter, lighter friends sit on the outside because everybody assumes it will make sense.

Having a fairly mild character, my friends’ inability to see the person I’ve grown into does not bother me. Instead, I just wonder what will happen next year at college, with a fresh slate. I know what it is like not to be short, but I have yet to experience the feelings associated with my new figure. Perhaps next year, I will be defined by my memory for random events and numbers, my taste in music, or even my love for Japanese food. Almost anything would be a step up.

32. What was the author worried about at high school?

A. Her stud y.

B. Her slimness.

C. Her relationship.

D. Her height problem.

33. What does the second paragraph mainly tell us?

A. The author’s growing pains.

B. The author’s experience of being treated.

C. The author’s feeling to her school.

D. The relation between growth and pain.

34. What is the author’s main concern now?

A. Where she will sit.

B. How people treat her.

C. When she can grow up.

D. What people expect of her.

35. According to the passage, all of the following can be inferred Except that ＿＿＿．

A. in order to become tall, the author suffered a lot.

B. the author is still slim and short.

C. it matters to the author what she is like in other s’ eyes.

D. we can conclude the author is a positive and optimistic person.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Some parents wonder how they can help their children in the performance of education. Richard W. Riley once said, “The American family is the rock on which a solid education can be built. I have seen examples all over this nation where two-parent families, single parents, stepparen ts, grandparents, aunts, a nd uncles are providing strong families support for their children to learn. If families teach the love of learning, it can make all the difference in the world to their children. 36 ”

Read together

37 Show your kids how much you value reading by keeping good books, magazines, and newspapers in the house. Let them see you read. Take them on trips to the library and encourage them to get library cards. Let children read to you, and talk about the books. What was the book about? Why did a character act that way? What will he or she do next?

Look for other ways to teach children the magic of language, words, and stories. 38 Point out words to children wherever you go—to the grocery, to the pharmacy, to the gas station. Encourage your children to write notes to grandparents and other relatives.

Use TV wisely

Academic achievement drops sharply for children who watch more than 10 hours of television a week, or an average of more than two hours a day. Parents can limit the amount of viewing and help children select educational programs. 39 This will help children understand how stories are structured.

40

Studies show that successful students have parents who create and maintain family routines. Make sure your child goes to school every day. Establish a regular time for homework each afternoon or evening, set aside a quiet, well lit place, and encourage children to study. Routines generally include time performing chores, eating meals together, and going to bed at an established time.

A. Be honest with children.